Hayao Miyazaki.

A legend among animators, this man is considered to be the Japanese version of Walt Disney. Being a man in his 80s who just recently retired, Miyazaki chose not to embrace the new ways of animation and stuck to the originals. With horrendous arthritis destroying the tendons in his hands, Miyazaki continued to draw all his animations out by hand and even respond to fan letters in his own handwriting. It's often quite rare to see an animator such as himself, not willing to embrace the often easier way of doing things.